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Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say it's not acceptable to cheat on taxes
WASHINGTON -- Economic times are tough, but more Americans -- nearly 9 in 10 -- say it is "not at all acceptable" for people to cheat on their income taxes, according to a 2012 survey by the Internal Revenue Service. The 87% figure was up 3 percentage...
Tags: Politics, Personal Income, Taxation, Google+, Internal Revenue Service
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Payroll tax cuts? Not necessarily
All I hear these days are complaints that the federal government has raised taxes, dimishing take-home pay. That’s true: The payroll tax holiday was not extended. That holiday cut Social Security contributions and the like, amounting to a 2-...Tags: Holidays, Executive Branch, Politics, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor
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Ky. House bill provides funds for pension
State representativeAt midnight last Tuesday, the 2013 General Assembly came to an end. All the negotiations, all the hand-wringing over what bills would or would not clear the 2013 Kentucky General Assembly ended. After at least 25 hours of talks over two days and earlier...Tags: Laws, Long Term Care, Finance, Pension and Welfare, Crime, Law and Justice
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City faces challenge of finding ongoing revenue
You may be aware that Kentucky law requires cities to operate in the black. We must have a budget, and we must balance that budget year in and year out. It’s a challenging but good law. In fact, most people I talk with say they wish all levels of...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Democrats missed their chance with Ashley Judd
Wiser Democratic heads prevailed last week as actress Ashley Judd was nudged out of the race to unseat Mitch McConnell, Kentucky's senior Republican senator. Did the eyes in those heads ever see Judd in "Double Jeopardy," one of the great damsel-in-...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Ashley Judd, Elections, Naomi Judd, Movies
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Courtney: Compromise To Avert Sequestration Cuts
The Hartford CourantUnless Congress crafts a bipartisan compromise by Friday, the Budget Control Act of 2011 will sequester — or cancel — $85 billion of spending planned for the rest of this year. The cuts would be mindlessly spread across all federal agencies,...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, White House, Groton, Finance, George H.W. Bush
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Oil revenue fuels intense fighting among Alaska lawmakers
JUNEAU, Alaska — Over most of the last several decades, Alaska's North Slope was America's energy powerhouse. The legendary oil fields of Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk gushed 2 million barrels a day out of the frozen tundra and down the Trans-Alaska...Tags: Executive Branch, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Finance, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues
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Remove Medicare's straitjacket
Now that the budget "sequester" is in effect, Congress is shifting its attention to entitlement reform. There's simply no way to achieve long-term reductions in federal spending without touching the big health programs, particularly Medicare. Although...
Tags: Healthcare Industry, Health Insurance Cost, Paul Ryan, Budget Control Act of 2011, Genentech Inc.
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S&P 500 trades above all-time closing high
NEW YORK -- The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index burst through a half-decade-old record as stocks continued their strong rally. The broad S&P index is on track to finish the day above its all-time closing high of 1,565.15 recorded Oct. 9, 2007....
Tags: Stock Market, European Debt Crisis, Finance, Budget Control Act of 2011, Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
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Noem: Parties beginning to reach across aisle
Rep. Kristi Noem senses somewhat better relations between Democrats and Republicans this Congressional session, but there are still a lot of major issues to resolve, she told an audience of about 60 people at an Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce Governmental...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, White House, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Renewable Energy
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Social Security braces for budget cuts, frustrated public
Checks will arrive on time, but nearly every other task the Social Security Administration performs — from answering phones to determining eligibility for claims — will be delayed if Congress fails to stop steep federal budget cuts from taking...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Institutes of Health, Michael J. Astrue
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From Obama: Hail, Armageddon
WASHINGTON — "The worst-case scenario for us," a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, "is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens." Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, White House, Illegal Immigrants, Elections, Budget Control Act of 2011
Feb 27, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Apr 2, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 26, 2013
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Mar 30, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Feb 25, 2013
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Mar 4, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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